And with exciting portable hardware like the Microsoft Surface, Dell XPS Duo 12, and ASUS Taichi in the pipeline, you can expect Windows 8 tablet sales to soar.

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The Dell XPS 10, XPS Duo 12 and XPS One 27 will be available for sale when Windows 8 is available at the end of October.

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To learn more about the daring duo now set to battle Dell, the December Forbes story can be found here.

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